captioner
Dialogue-to-text converter
A captioner is a person who creates captions—the text that appears on screen during video or television content.
Captioners may transcribe dialogue for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers, translate foreign language audio into subtitles, or add descriptive text to images.
Live captioners work in real time, transcribing broadcasts as they happen.
Spoken exchange between parties
- transcriptVerbatim written account
- translationConverting between languages
- on-screenShown via display
- overlayCovering placed atop
surtitles · supertitles · dubbing · localization · timing · spotting · cueing · SDH
Having partial or total deafness
- real-timeOccurring without processing delay
- CARTAuto racing league initials
- stenographerPerson recording spoken words
- speech-to-textAudio-to-written conversion technology
deaf · synchronization · teletext · broadcast · verbatim · relay · assistive · inclusive
Recorded moving imagery
- filmMovie or coating
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- newsReports of recent events
streaming · broadcast · sports · footage · YouTube · content-creator · post-production · editor
Explanatory additions to documents
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- explanatoryServing to clarify meaning
- informativeProviding useful knowledge
- contextualRelative to surrounding conditions
interpretive · voiceover · audio-description · narration · metadata · exhibit · museum · gallery
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- transcriptVerbatim written account
- translationConverting between languages
- on-screenShown via display
overlay · surtitles · supertitles · dubbing · localization · timing · spotting · cueing · SDH · screenplay
hearing-impaired
Having partial or total deafness
- real-timeOccurring without processing delay
- CARTAuto racing league initials
- stenographerPerson recording spoken words
speech-to-text · deaf · synchronization · teletext · broadcast · verbatim · relay · assistive · inclusive · accommodation
video
Recorded moving imagery
- filmMovie or coating
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
news · streaming · broadcast · sports · footage · YouTube · content-creator · post-production · editor · producer
annotations
Explanatory additions to documents
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- explanatoryServing to clarify meaning
- informativeProviding useful knowledge
contextual · interpretive · voiceover · audio-description · narration · metadata · exhibit · museum · gallery · journalism
- deaf servicesASL, sign language, speech therapist, deaf community, interpreter
- language professionalslexicographer, translator, interpreter, editor, proofreader
- transcribersscribe, copyist, stenographer, court reporter, amanuensis
- online contributorscontributor, editor, moderator, uploader, submitter
- typiststypist, stenographer, transcriptionist, court reporter, secretary
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- closed captionsOn-screen transcription of audio
- closed captioningOn-screen transcription of audio
- photo captionText identifying an image
- live captionsInstant transcription of speech
- caption contestGame to write picture text
- live captioningImmediate text of speech